Eighteen gates of the Jayakwadi Dam in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district were lifted due to continuous inflow of water amid rains, an official said.

The water stock of the dam has reached 90.02 per cent of storage capacity due to continuous inflow of 36,129 cusec (cubic foot per second) water, due to which these gates had to be opened at 6:30 pm for discharge into the Godavari river, he said.